Scan virtually any anthropological reference in the United States and you will be told that the Yuchi originally lived in southeastern Tennessee, but also occupied villages scattered around eastern North America. You will be told that the Chiska encountered by Hernando de Soto and Juan Pardo's soldiers were Yuchi. A reference citation will tell you that this is true, because John Swanton and Charles Hudson said so. You will also be told that the Yuchi were driven out of Tennessee in the early 1700s by the Cherokees and afterward moved down the Savannah River Valley, where they eventually merged with the Creeks. More recent books on the Creeks will tell you that the Yuchi became the "slaves" of the Creeks. Say what?